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distill

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
distill (US) verb
or chiefly British distil /dɪˈstɪl/
distills; distilled; distilling
distill (US)
verb
or chiefly British distil /dɪˈstɪl/
distills; distilled; distilling
Learner's definition of DISTILL
[+ object]
: to make (a liquid) pure by heating it until it becomes a gas and then cooling it until it is a liquid again : to purify (a liquid) by distillation蒸馏;用蒸馏法提取
: to make (a strong alcoholic drink) by using this process用蒸馏法制造(烈酒)
: to take the most important parts of something and put them in a different and usually improved form提取;提炼;升华

— distillation

/ˌdɪstəˈleɪʃən/ noun, plural distillations
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[count]
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distill

verb

dis·​till di-ˈstil How to pronounce distill (audio)
variants or less commonly distil
distilled; distilling

transitive verb

1
: to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3b) in drops or in a wet mist
some caves are dry, others distill water from invisible rifts Norman Douglas
2
a
: to purify or transform (a liquid) by successive evaporation and condensation : to subject to or transform by distillation
distill molasses into rum
b
: to obtain by or as if by distillation
distill whiskey
able to distill humor from personal loss
c
: to extract the essence of : concentrate
distill the experience into a poem

intransitive verb

1
a
: to fall or materialize in drops or in a fine moisture
b
: to appear slowly or in small quantities at a time
2
a
: to undergo distillation
b
: to perform distillation

Example Sentences

They distill the whiskey from malted barley. He has perfectly distilled the meaning of the holiday into a poem.
Recent Examples on the Web The two brothers are continuing their goal to distill their own products, debuting a new line of whiskeys called Nelson Brothers. Kevin Gray, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 But for the discriminating information-technology expert, whose professional value rests on the ability to ingest and distill information from a range of sources, these books deserve space alongside the lounge chair and laptop. Thomas Loftus, WSJ, 21 July 2022 Up next: Stowell is working on techniques to distill even more information from raw song recordings that could revolutionize our understanding of birds’ social worlds. Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 18 July 2014 Some craft distilleries invite their customers to help distill, blend, and bottle the merchandise, or barrel it to age at home. Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 The Faulkner Architects team wanted to distill the materials down to singular choices for each design element; the quiet palette creates a calming presence throughout. Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 6 July 2022 The fact of this disappointment betrays a funny optimism, circa the early 2010s, about the power and promise of passing human intelligence through a machine in order to distill or expand it. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 June 2022 His ability to distill gesture, color, and contrasting cultures into single, beguiling frames results in evocative images that convey a sense of enigma, irony, and humor. Vogue, 19 June 2022 The committee has had to distill a mountain of evidence into a narrative that can keep public attention for weeks. Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English distillen, from Anglo-French distiller, from Late Latin distillare, alteration of Latin destillare, from de- + stillare to drip, from stilla drop

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of distill was in the 14th century
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